Static Linking in VB?

I am trying to write a program in VB 5 to run from a floppy, without installing it on the user's computer. It uses several GIF and JPEG files. The program can't run from the diskette, so I need to perform a Static Link on the project. This appears to be impossible in VB, althoug I know C++ can do it. I am looking for a way to turn my project into a standalone EXE file, by finding a product that can do this, or converting it to C++ or Java using a converter product. These products are expensive, so I would like to ask if anyone knows how to do this.

With VB you are out of luck...no static linking. If you want to stay with Basic and don't mind somewhat arcaic (like good old C-days) way of writing Windows programs, you might consider PowerBASIC/DLL.

With VB you are out of luck...no static linking. If you want to stay with Basic and don't mind somewhat arcaic (like good old C-days) way of writing Windows programs, you might consider PowerBASIC/DLL. It is great product to turn parts of your VB code to *real* DLL's callable from any programming language, but it can also produce standalone EXE's.

I'm in no way connected to the company, just a happy user.

Current price seems to be $179 for 32-bit vesion and $60 for 16-bit version. Check their site at

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